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Occasionally there are days when I am a little overwhelmed with keeping replacement parts available for OLPC … an odd interaction with someone can get me down. This is why I am so thankful that our community is amazing! Looking through Laptops to Lesotho photo albums quickly rebounded my spirits.
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Internet Archive Opens 1.6 Million E-Books to Kids with OLPC Laptops | Xconomy
[ Updated 10/24/09 5:30 p.m. with additional interview material ] All 1.6 million books digitized so far by the Internet Archive , the San Francisco-based non-profit dedicated to the universal sharing of knowledge, will be available free to children around the world who have laptops built by the Cambridge, MA-based One Laptop Per Child Foundation (OLPC), Internet Archive director Brewster Kahle announced today at the Boston Book Festival in downtown Boston.
'Your journal is full' message - OLPC News Forum
When you upgrade from an older version to a new one, it keeps all the files from the old version so you can boot back into it if necessary.Warren, RI (July 28, 2009) -- Donation Wizard, America's most reliable charity car donation program, has announced a partnership with One Laptop per Child (OLPC), a non-profit organization focused on providing educational tools to help children in developing countries and challenged areas of America "learn learning." Since its inception in 2007, Donation Wizard has consistently returned 80% of the gross dollar from each vehicle donation back to hundreds of charities. The tool facilitates car donation programs for the nation's top charities, accepting most cars, trucks, motorcycles, boats, snowmobiles, trailers, and recreational vehicles.
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Actually, I plan on clearing out the Journal on two XOs before I give them to my grandsons, since I want them to look pristine. I'll also delete the config and owner files so that it prompts for name and colors.The risk is not great.
Clearing journal entries - OLPC News Forum
Sugar Labs—learning software for children
The award-winning Sugar Learning Platform promotes collaborative learning through Sugar Activities that encourage critical thinking, the heart of a quality education. Designed from the ground up especially for children, Sugar offers an alternative to traditional “office-desktop” software. Sugar is the core component of a worldwide effort to provide every child with equal opportunity for a quality education.The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project, which develops low-cost education-oriented mobile computers to sell to governments in developing countries, has donated 5,000 units of its flagship XO laptop to Palestinian children in the Gaza strip. According to the Journal of New England Technology , OLPC has given the Linux-based laptops to the United Nations Relief Workers Agency (UNRWA) so that they can be distributed to young refugees who are attending UNRWA schools.
OLPC donates XO laptops to Palestinian children
OLPC CTO founds own company, aims at $75 laptop
Mary Lou Jepsen, former CTO of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Project, has formed her own company and hopes to produce a $75 laptop.
The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project announced yesterday that Microsoft's Windows XP operating system will be available on XO laptops in addition to the open source Linux operating system. The Windows-based XO systems will be deployed in upcoming pilot programs next month.
OLPC and Microsoft will make Windows available on XO
In mid-May , the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project announced that Microsoft's Windows XP operating system would be available on XO laptops, in addition to the open source Linux operating system. Microsoft then said it had spent over a year customizing XP to make it run on the XO and that it can support a wide range of the laptop's capabilities, including the dual-mode screen, camera, writing pad, and WiFi. The company has recently finalized the version of XP that will become available on the XO, according to James Utzschneider, the GM of Marketing and Communications for the Unlimited Potential group at Microsoft:
Windows XP for XO hits RTM milestone
OLPC "Give 1 Get 1" initiative a sign of trouble for the project
The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project is now actively seeking donations to assist with funding production of the organization's unique XO laptops.OLPC laptop gets minor delay along with price bump
Rumors that the XO laptop still has some refinement in terms of both pricing and configuration were confirmed late last week. A spokesperson for the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Project told the AP on Friday that the price of the XO laptop has risen to $188 per unit and that the project faces product delays. The cost increase of approximately $12 may not seem like much, but given that initial orders from governments must amount to at least 100,000 units, it all adds up quickly.The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project, which is making low-cost education laptops to sell in bulk to governments in developing countries, is struggling to sustain momentum in the wake of a reorganization that has alienated several key contributors.